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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1923

2,882 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 145

Motor Trains

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 2

The Mayor, of Tamworth (Aid. Thibault), submitted a minute to a meeting of the council recommonding that the council congratulate the Railway…

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Motor Car Accident Man's Back Broken

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 3

A sensational motor car accident occurred on the Maitland-Kurri Kurri road, near the overhead railway bridge, at Heddon Greta, on Saturday…

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Attacked in Train. Man Struck with Claw Hammer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 3

Shouts of "Help!" and "Murder!" came from the carriage of an electric train after it lfet Auburn (Vic.) at 7 o'clock on Tuesday night. The…

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Motor Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 5

William Sylvester Barry a well-known farmer, was knocked down by a motor car in the main street of Parkes last night and killed…

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Main Roads Vote

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 4

The Local Government Department recently notified the port stephens Shire council that the only main roads vote which would be…

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Tarro Shire Road Work

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 4

Under, the supervision, of the Tarro shire the work on the Miami- Thornton road and the Kurr Buchanan—Butta road has been…

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Tale of the Road. Entertaining Bushrangers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 2

Even in the good old days, when anything was likely to happen, it the not often occur that the ordinary citizen had to give shelter for two…

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Irish Rebels, Railway Outrages. London. January 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 5

The. "Daily Mail's " Dublin correspondent reports that the rebels wiped out the whole of the West. Clare railway, "which is 27 miles…

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Stealing From Motor Car. a Short Spell of Liberty

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 3

At Singleton Police Court on Tuesday, before Messrs A. Simmons and J. W. B. Waterhouse, Js.P., Walter Howell, alias Walter Bede Kennedy, and…

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Allotment of Motor Tax

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 2

At a meeting of the Bolwarra Shire Council, Cr. Forry introduced the matter of the disposal of the revenue collected from motor owners, stating that the…

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pitnaerce Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 4

In reply to his representations on behalf of the East Maitland Municipal council urging that a grant be allotted to the council for the…

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Fosterton Road Area

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 5

Discussion took place regarding the recent inquiry about the Fosterton Road area and its Inclusion within the municipality. Ald. C. T…

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Struck by a Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 4

Whilst crossing the Pelaw-Main railway line on his way to work in Kurri Kurri a youth named Griffiths, who lives at Polaw-Main, had a…

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The Lake Road. Work Still Going On

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 11

Reading the daily papers one would naturally conclude that the Cessnock Shire Council had stopped the work on the Lake Road owing to the shortage of…

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Melbourne Sensation. Murderous Attack in Train. Was It an Act of a Madman?

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 1

Shortly after an electric train left Auburn on Tuesday night, the motor-man heard shouts of "Help!" and "Murder!" He stopped the…

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Railway Problem. 44 Hours Experiment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners are trying to restores the 48-hour week with as little hardshr [?] to the extra men who had to be employed…

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Tram Accident. Excitement at Melbourne. 28 Persons Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 5

A Melbourne message states that 28 [?] were injured, five badly, when a cabin [?] jumped the points at south Melbourne last night…

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Wharfage on Motors

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 2

Visitors from other parts of the Commonwealth arriving in Sydney by steamer, and having motor ears with them, have complained frequently of the high inward…

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Another New Motor Garage

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 9

Messrs. Garrington & Co. motor mechanics of Maitland, have purchased a block of land in Main Street for the purpose of building an up-to-date motor…

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Motor Car Accident. Several Cessnock Residents Injured. Arthur William (Wig) Wells Seriously Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 4

A lamentable motor car accident, in which a party of Cessnock people were concerned happened just beyond the bridge at Heddon Greta on Saturday…

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